composition
42. Neudorf apples by moonlight
At close range at night with medium format; a monochrome study in tints
41. After midnight on the porch at Te Hapu
Breezy movement, bright colour and a strong diagonal in a square format
40. Nightfall in blue at Waiwhakaiho
A tungsten study aided by a surprise arrival; using flash with long exposure at twilight
37. Nude by moonlight, Wairarapa pastorale
A simple composition, but a pose requiring 15 minutes; reciprocity effects
36. April evening, Woodstock, near Hokitika
Full moon in low-rent country, West Coast, without banjos
35. Saturday night in the Domain, Auckland
Experimenting with long exposure on a slow and unusual film, on a drizzly night
33. Night-for-day at Kaihoka, Golden Bay
Unusual daylight effects, movement and a surprise cameo role for the woman-in-magenta
29. Moonlit cherub, Waimea West, Nelson
Wide angle vertical composition; depth of focus and a figurine
22. Te Mata moonrise, Hawkes Bay
Photo ops on the evening before full moon; the three-punch theory of composition
20. Spring willows and traffic from Waimarama, Hawkes Bay
Matching exposure time to the event in witness; moving away from the obvious vantage points
15. Leaving Port Taranaki at midnight
Monochrome in sepia; a vessel leaves port on calm seas, at high moon.
13. Lake Rotoiti under full moon, Nelson Lakes National Park
Half an hour on an autumn evening, along the pebbly shore; in compositional thirds.
8. Rustic evening near Omata, Taranaki
Farm animals make good subjects for moonlight photography – precisely because they won’t keep still.
7. One a.m. and the last house on the street, Waikawa
Find a quiet street and mix your moonlight with some sodium. Add your shadow to hide the tripod’s.
2. Harataonga moonrise
L-o-n-g exposure with a field camera, set up before dark. Clouds and moonbeams moving over water.